Chris Eklem

Vice President, Ghirardelli Professional @Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

CA

Head of the Ghirardelli Professional business unit. Lead the Professional sales organization worldwide, focusing on customer channels that have professional users. These include channels such as restaurants, specialty coffee and industrial bakeries. Also, lead our Professional marketing team, which includes product development innovations with existing and new products. Delivered double-digit annual growth rates on both revenue and profit, while significantly building the organizational structure, since taking over responsibility for the business in 2003.

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

MBA

University of Oregon

Bachelor of Science - Marketing